feat(secrets): add new package for managing secrets

Signed-off-by: Henrique Matulis <hmatulis@google.com>

Author: hsmatulis

config/secrets.go

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+package config
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/secrets"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Intermediate step in the migration to the new secrets API.
+	secrets.SetVisibilityPolicy(func() bool { return MarshalSecretValue })
+}

go.mod

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect

secrets/README.md

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+# Secret Management
+
+The `secrets` package provides a unified way to handle secrets within configuration files for Prometheus and its ecosystem components. It allows secrets to be specified inline, loaded from files, or fetched from other sources through a pluggable provider mechanism.
+
+See the rendered [GoDoc here](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/common/secrets) if on GitHub.
+
+## How to Use
+
+Using the `secrets` package involves three main steps: defining your configuration struct, initializing the secret manager, and accessing the secret values. Refer to the [package example GoDoc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/common/secrets#example-package).
+
+
+## Built-in Providers
+
+The `secrets` package comes with two built-in providers: `inline` and `file`. For more details, please refer to the [GoDoc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/common/secrets#pkg-variables).
+
+## Custom Providers
+
+You can extend the functionality by creating your own custom secret providers. For a detailed guide on creating custom providers, please refer to the [GoDoc for the `Provider` and `ProviderConfig` interfaces](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/common/secrets#Provider).

secrets/doc.go

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+// Copyright 2025 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package secrets provides a unified way to handle secrets within
+// configuration files for Prometheus and its ecosystem components. It allows
+// secrets to be specified inline, loaded from files, or fetched from other
+// sources through a pluggable provider mechanism.
+package secrets

secrets/example_test.go

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+// Copyright 2025 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package secrets_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v2"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/secrets"
+)
+
+func Example() {
+	// A Prometheus registry is needed to register the secret manager's metrics.
+	promRegisterer := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+
+	// Create a temporary file to simulate a file-based secret (e.g., Kubernetes mount).
+	passwordFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "password_secret")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(passwordFile.Name())
+
+	if _, err := passwordFile.WriteString("my_super_secret_password"); err != nil {
+		passwordFile.Close()
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	passwordFile.Close()
+
+	// In your configuration struct, use the `secrets.Field` type for any fields
+	// that should contain secrets.
+	type MyConfig struct {
+		APIKey   secrets.Field `yaml:"api_key"`
+		Password secrets.Field `yaml:"password"`
+	}
+
+	// Users can then provide secrets in their YAML configuration file.
+	// We inject the temporary file path created above.
+	configData := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
+api_key: "my_super_secret_api_key"
+password:
+  file:
+    path: %s
+`, passwordFile.Name()))
+
+	var cfg MyConfig
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(configData, &cfg); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling config: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Create a secret manager. This discovers and manages all Fields in cfg.
+	// The manager will handle refreshing secrets in the background.
+	manager, err := secrets.NewManager(context.Background(), promRegisterer, secrets.Providers, &cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error creating secret manager: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Start the manager's background refresh loop.
+	manager.Start(context.Background())
+	defer manager.Stop()
+
+	// Access the secret values.
+	apiKey := cfg.APIKey.Value()
+	password := cfg.Password.Value()
+
+	fmt.Printf("API Key: %s\n", apiKey)
+	fmt.Printf("Password: %s\n", password)
+
+	// Output:
+	// API Key: my_super_secret_api_key
+	// Password: my_super_secret_password
+}